Suha / Zauchen - Eisenkappler Hutte (via Božičev graben)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana–Jesenice highway, take the Kranj–east exit and continue following the road in the direction of Jezersko. From Zgornje Jezersko, continue driving over the alpine pass Jezerski vrh to Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel and then through the valley of the river Bela to the settlement Suha / Zauchen. Here, at the intersection before the bus stop, turn right and park in a suitable place by the river Bela.
B) From Štajerska, first drive to Mozirje, then continue driving towards Logarska dolina and later Pavličevo sedlo. From Pavličevo sedlo, descend to Bela / Bad Vellach, then continue driving towards Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel and further through the valley of the river Bela to the settlement Suha / Zauchen, where at the intersection before the bus stop turn right and park in a suitable place by the river Bela.

Route description:
From the parking lot, first carefully cross the main road, then head to the road alongside which we notice signs for "Hochobir". The path first leads along an asphalt road that ascends beside the Suha stream. After approximately half an hour of walking along the road, alongside which there are some individual farms, the path brings us to a smaller white-red barrier, beyond which we reach a smaller intersection located right before the little bridge. On the bridge there is a yellow mountain direction sign pointing straight ahead; we continue right and ascend along the macadam road to the nearby house with a yellow facade. At the house the road makes a right bend, and right there we leave it and continue straight along the cart track that climbs under the power lines. A little higher the path enters the forest and gradually begins to ascend more steeply. A little higher we cross the asphalt road and continue the ascent along the marked mountain path no. 622. Ahead the path gradually leads onto very steep slopes, across which we ascend diagonally. The steep section, which is especially dangerous for slipping due to the leaves, ends after a few minutes, and higher up the path brings us back to the asphalt road.
Ahead the path crosses the aforementioned road several more times, which leads to the Obir dripstone cave; we follow the marked path in moderate ascent partly through the forest, partly across panoramic slopes. Higher up the path brings us to an abandoned mine, and we continue along the ascending path, which higher up also follows forest roads. After a few minutes of walking along the road, we leave it again and continue the ascent via marked shortcuts. After a while we return to the road and along it, with fine views of the alpine pasture Svinja, Golica and Peca, walk to the alpine pasture Zgornja Šefnarca. Along the macadam road we ascend along the edge of the pasture, and just a few minutes higher we arrive at a marked junction where the path through Kuneteov graben joins from the right.
We continue along the marked cart track in the direction of "Eisenkappler Hütte", which after a few minutes of further walking brings us to the panoramic saddle Počula, at the edge of which stands a chapel.
Right of the chapel the path enters the forest and begins to ascend moderately to steeply. After a few minutes the gradient eases and the path brings us to the pasture areas of the alpine pasture Na jezercah. Here we continue somewhat to the right, then, when the view also opens towards Košuta, the path begins to descend moderately along a wide cart track. After a few minutes of descent we arrive at Kapelška koča / Eisenkappler Hütte.

Along the route: Planina Zgornja Šefnarca (1415m), Počula (1461m), Na Jezercah (1580m)

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